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7. sometimes I feel like I do the same thing
Thu May 10, 2012, 01:57 PM
May 2012

My brother sends these rightwing emails and I hit reply all and tear them to shreds. My sister and parents appreciate my comments, but my brother may not be so happy about them. And maybe too often I am critical on DU as well. It is just that seeing something wrong is more motivating to posting than seeing something right.

If he is unlucky and bitter though, I am surprised that he thinks Republicans are gonna help him. I mean the Ryan budget, Romney's tax plans are all about huge tax breaks for the wealthy. So if he is not wealthy ...

Now, if he is a 3rd partier who hates both parties, then I can understand that a little bit. It seems to me that both parties do not do much for the bottom 60%. Even Obama, when he talks about the middle class, that seems to me to be a code for the 60-95% crowd. So you have the Republicans who are taking care of the top 5% and the Democrats who are taking care of the 60-95% (and the bottom 10% to a degree) and both of them are saying "screw you" to the 10-60%.

But the other thing is, if he lashes out at Rachel or Obama or Pelosi, you should not take that personally, even if you like all three of them. When I lash out at BillO or Romney or Boehner, I would hope that their fans don't take that personally (even though I think probably some of them will, we vest our emotions in these people like they are our personal friends or favorite teams or something.)

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